Isaya 64
1 Laiti ungelipasua mbingu na kushuka chini, ili milima ingelitetemeka mbele zako!
O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and come down; That the mountains might tremble at thy presence,
2 Kama vile moto uteketezavyo vijiti na kusababisha maji kuchemka, shuka ukafanye jina lako lijulikane kwa adui zako, na kusababisha mataifa yatetemeke mbele zako!
As fire kindleth the dry stubble, As fire causeth water to boil, To make known thy name to thine adversaries, That the nations might tremble at thy presence;
3 Kwa maana ulipofanya mambo ya kutisha ambayo hatukuyatazamia, ulishuka, nayo milima ikatetemeka mbele zako.
As thou once didst wonderful things, which we looked not for, And camest down, so that the mountains trembled at thy presence.
4 Tangu nyakati za zamani hakuna yeyote aliyesikia, hakuna sikio lililotambua, hakuna jicho lililomwona Mungu mwingine ila wewe, anayetenda mambo kwa ajili ya wale wamngojeao.
For never have men heard, nor perceived by the ear, Nor hath eye seen, a God beside thee. Who doeth such things for those that trust in him.
5 Uliwasaidia watu wale watendao yaliyo haki kwa furaha, wale wazikumbukao njia zako. Lakini wakati tulipoendelea kutenda dhambi kinyume na njia zako, ulikasirika. Tutawezaje basi kuokolewa?
Thou art the friend of those who joyfully do righteousness, Those who remember thee in thy ways. Behold, thou art angry, and we are punished; Long doth the punishment endure, before we are delivered.
6 Sisi sote tumekuwa kama mtu aliye najisi, nayo matendo yetu yote ya uadilifu ni kama matambaa machafu; sisi sote tunasinyaa kama jani, na kama upepo maovu yetu hutupeperusha.
We are all of us an unclean thing; Like a filthy garment is all our righteousness; We are all withered like a leaf, And our sins, like a storm, have blown us away.
7 Hakuna yeyote anayeliitia jina lako wala anayejitahidi kukushika, kwa kuwa umetuficha uso wako na kutuacha tudhoofike kwa sababu ya dhambi zetu.
There is none that calleth upon thy name, That stirreth himself up to cleave to thee; For thou hidest thy face from us, And lettest us perish by our iniquities.
8 Lakini, Ee Bwana, wewe ndiwe Baba yetu. Sisi ni udongo, wewe ndiye mfinyanzi; sisi sote tu kazi ya mkono wako.
But now, O Jehovah, thou art our father; We are the clay, and thou hast formed us; We are all of us the work of thy hands.
9 Ee Bwana, usikasirike kupita kiasi, usizikumbuke dhambi zetu milele. Ee Bwana, utuangalie, twakuomba, kwa kuwa sisi sote tu watu wako.
Be not wroth, O Jehovah, to the uttermost, Nor remember our iniquity forever! Behold, look upon us, we beseech thee, we are all thy people!
10 Miji yako mitakatifu imekuwa jangwa; hata Sayuni ni jangwa, Yerusalemu ni ukiwa.
Thy holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Hekalu letu takatifu na tukufu, mahali ambapo baba zetu walikusifu wewe, limechomwa kwa moto, navyo vitu vyote tulivyovithamini vimeharibika.
Our holy and glorious house, Where our fathers praised thee, Is burned with fire, And all our precious things are laid waste.
12 Ee Bwana, baada ya haya yote, utajizuia? Je, utanyamaza kimya na kutuadhibu kupita kiasi?
Wilt thou contain thyself at these things, O Jehovah, Wilt thou keep silence, and still grievously afflict us?
